Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-04-12

Between Rival Swiss, Pole
Hungarian Colonies.

fourth and Blake street. which resulted
in fatally shooting one man and the Sc
rious wounding OF several others, and it
was with considerable efforts that the
police force prevented its resulting in
a wholesale massacre. The settle
| ment where the riot occurred is COM
posed of % or 80 families, who live in
a small one-story tenement. The
| houses are not more than 10x20 feet
| square, the men mostly being en-
| ployed in the smelters and foundries
located in the neighborhood. The
melee grew out of a long standing
| jealousy in the settlement, over a
young Polish woman, Alice Falka, who
yesterday morning left the settlement
on the south side street, and spending
the day with the rival colony on the
north side. In honor OF her visit sew
eral kegs Of beer were tapped, which
caused frequent brawls during the
afternoon and until late i'll the even
ing, when the mob was beastly intox-
icated. The house adjoining the one
| where 10 or 20 men were celebrating
the visit of the girl, Mr.. and Mrs.
| Knando, rivals OF their neighbors, pre-
pared to celebrate the christening OF
an 8-months old child, and had invited
a number of friends, and also laid in a
supply Of beer, garlic and other delica-
cies of their race. The Knando
crowd reached an advanced state OF
intoxication by midnight, and one
part of them going on the front pave
ment to their house, accidently met a
number from the other house, situated
not over 10 or Is feet away. A fight
Immediately ensued. The Knando
crowd, reinforced from those inside,
drove their rivals into their den, where
the widest scene took place. Chairs,
tables, and bedsteads were broken up,
and the pieces used as weapons to
pound each other over the head.
MANY were knocked senseless and
trampled under foot until life was
almost extinct. The plastering was
torn from the walls, and every glass in
the house smashed, until it looked
like a barn riddled with grape and
canister. After a bitter fight the
Knando crowd was driven to their
house, where the same scene was
transacted. Several shots were fired,
and a Pole named Reboritch was
fatally shot, and others were seriously
wounded. The police in the neigh
borhood tried to quiet the disturb
ance, and made arrests, but were
driven away by the mob. A rein
forcement was sent for the patrol
wagon, which was Immediately re-
sponded to. Twelve policemen,
armed with Winchesters, surrounded
the houses. The mob at first at
tempted to resist, and made a dash
at the officers, armed with clubs,
knives and revolvers, but when they
met the blue coats, ready to fire into
them, they fell back and made little
resistance, when a part of them was
loaded into the wagon and driven
rapidly to the station. Several trips
was made by the patrol, until nearly
80 had been arrested and jailed. II
is supposed that many escaped. But
one or two of the prisoners a speak
English, and are ragged, dirty, splat'
tered. with blood and dirt, and have
the appearance OF the lowest type o.
humanity. They were sent to Den
yer a week ago directly from Hun.
gary, Poland, Bohemia, and other
European countries, and without
doubt belong to that class whose only
argument is the dynamite bomb.
"A CIRCULAR LETTER
From the Archbishop of Quebec.
QUEBEC, April 1.-THE following
circular letter, bearing IN the Knights
OF Labor question, was read in the
different Roman Catholic Churches
yesterday:
Archbishopric of Quebec, April 5,
1SS7-In September, 1884, the Holy
See was consulted by me on the pro-
priety OF the Knights OF Labor. / con-
demned it under pain of ~grievous sin,
and charged the bishops to deter their
| diocease therefrom, as | did in my
circular letter, No. 131, of February,
1885. After the representations made
by their lordships, the bishops of the
United States Holy See has suspended,
until further orders, the effect of that
sentence. In consequence, | author
ize the confessors OF the diocease TO
absolve the Knights of Labor, on the
following conditions, which it is your
bounden duty to explain to them, and
make them observe. First-That they
confess and sincerely repent of the
grievous sin which they committed by
not obeying the decree OF September,
1884. Second-That they be ready to
abandon this society as 0 as the
Holy See shall ordain it. Third-That
they sincerely and explicitly promise
absolutely to avoid all that may either
favor Masonic or other condemned So
%cieties, or violate the laws either of
Justice, Charity, or of the State.
Fourth-That they abstain from every
promise, and from every oath, by
which they wonld bind themselves,
either to obey blindly all orders of the
directors of the societies, or keep alb
solute secrecy even toward the lawful
authorities. See discipline 6,217 in
behalf OF these penitents. Only and
by virtue OF an indilt, l prolong the